SportWednesday, December 13th

Hereford v Fleetwood: FA Cup betting breakdown

SportWednesday, December 13th

Hereford v Fleetwood: FA Cup betting breakdown

Hereford’s got a special, Radford-shaped place in the FA Cup history books. Everyone knows that by now. But what are the chances of Peter Beadle’s current crop adding their own chapter?

Tonight they play Fleetwood Town, who sit nearly 90 places above them in the football league pyramid.

Knocking out the League One high-flyers – as a team who now sit in the seventh-tier – would be the biggest cup upset of the last few years. If they could do the unthinkable and turn over recent-Premier League champs Leicester, who await the winners, Hereford FC would undoubtedly take their place alongside the legends of ’72.

Even getting tonight’s game on looked a long-shot as recently as Tuesday night, when a small army of volunteers picked up snow shovels and came to groundman/magician Ben Bowen’s aid in shifting around four inches of powder off the Edgar Street turf.

But with the much-hyped replay not only set to go-ahead, but to be featured live on BT Sport, we thought we’d weigh in with the bookies on Hereford’s chances.

He’s the only Whites’ player to crack the top 10. But if you want some value, take a look at The Beast, Mike Symons, even if he doesn’t start, who could well find himself called on to cause havoc in the box in the latter stages of a tight game.

Also if you want a real outside bet - take a look at new signing Billy Murphy, who moved across from Bath, but is just 21 but has real pedigree following his footballing education at West Brom.

3. Another fast start?

Like Hereford to draw first blood, as they did in the first tie? You can get Hereford Score First at 15/8 with Paddy Power. Mills is unsurprisingly the favourite to do that (9/4) – put those two bets in a double and £5 will return £46.72.